Reddit Plans to Shut Down Popular Third-Party Apps in Favor of In-House Development
- According to multiple reports, Reddit will stop providing free access to its APIs on June 30, forcing several major third-party Reddit apps to shut down.
- The change comes as Reddit seeks to drive more traffic to its native mobile apps and website.
- Developers of popular third-party Reddit apps like Apollo, rif is fun, ReddPlanet, and Sync have announced the shutdown of their apps citing unsustainable costs under Reddit's new model.
- Some Reddit moderators and users have protested the changes, accusing Reddit of greedily seeking to control the Reddit experience.
- While Reddit says it will exempt some accessibility apps, major apps with millions of users do not qualify, leaving their developers to shutter operations.